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Ernie. posted:That was such a cool moment, he's seriously a great actor. Kumail Nanjiani is no stranger to knowing how to be cool. I liked that his cousin's name was Waleed as well.
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IRQ posted:It seems pretty clear they're going to end up funding Pied Piper with kickstarter. I just hope they don't pull a ~twist~ when they find out that Bro2Bro has the world's most efficient data transfer algorithm or something.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I just hope they don't pull a ~twist~ when they find out that Bro2Bro has the world's most efficient data transfer algorithm or something. This is pretty much how I can see it playing out. A distributed network of bros all sending single bro bits to each other, etc.
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Also, didn't Richard lie to his lawyer when he said he never worked on Pied Piper on Hooli's time?
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Loved the episode. That final scene had me cracking up. I like the potential direction that this season has. The fact that I feel so bad for the guys and their product when in reality, they aren't exactly likeable, the setting is fantastical, it's a comedy and it's a pretty shallow premise is testament to how well crafted it is. I'd love to have some more female characters introduced into the show though. The boss is a start (although who knows whether we will see that character again now anyway) but I'd love to have (another) female join the Pied Piper guys officially. King Vidiot posted:You do realise that show creators will often write more than just a single season's worth of scripts at a time, right? I didn't know when Welch died but I'd bet that Mike Judge had already planned on what direction he was going to take the plot in and/or had rough drafts written even before the first season had wrapped. You seriously think a guy who hasn't had a successful new project in 20 years will have written scripts for a second season for a brand new non-animated show six months before the first episode airs? To the point that he would have been unwilling to re-write a character because it wouldn't fit his creative vision? It's clear he was forced to do massive re-writes and edits during the first season when Welch passed away, and that Welch's replacement character was intentionally crafted to play off the similarities of her predecessor and subvert the expectations we have of her as a result.
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Grump posted:Man that brain raping thing was sooooo scummy. What a time to be alive. Really. Apparently Google was in talks with Yelp for an acquisition, then made Google Places (which took Yelp results without telling Yelp) and bought Zagat.
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xcore posted:Loved the episode. That final scene had me cracking up. I like the potential direction that this season has. The fact that I feel so bad for the guys and their product when in reality, they aren't exactly likeable, the setting is fantastical, it's a comedy and it's a pretty shallow premise is testament to how well crafted it is. Bro.
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xcore posted:I'd love to have some more female characters introduced into the show though. The boss is a start (although who knows whether we will see that character again now anyway) but I'd love to have (another) female join the Pied Piper guys officially. But then it wouldn't be accurate 
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The Dave posted:But then it wouldn't be accurate A lot of the season 1 reviewer whining was on the lack of central female characters. Even though the real SV has 80-90% guys for technical or leadership positions. For VC it's something like 3% women.
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Yeah, I'm not trying to fly the gender equality flag for the sake of it, i just think it would be interesting. I enjoyed the storyline at the convention last year with the female app creator brain raping Jared and Dinesh and would like too see that sort of dynamic on a more permanent basis.
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Chris Knight posted:Bro. I can tell that was angry from the context.
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This show's done a shockingly good job at representing mainstream programmer startup culture - the weird bits like people being very aware of PUA, the common hallucinogen usage, the open secret of VC collusion, the youth obsession, the adderall, all of it. They really did their research. The one thing they've gotten wrong is having two aspie VCs, but all the other VCs were so spot on (smooth, nasty, ugly yet presentable guys). The actual reality for a startup founder is that they spend the majority of their time hiring new employees, and there's a lot of material there, so I'm hoping they actually let Pied Piper meet enough success to reach that point.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Also, didn't Richard lie to his lawyer when he said he never worked on Pied Piper on Hooli's time? I don't think so. I think he worked on it off-work, then brought it in for the douchey programmers to check out, thinking they would give him real advice or help. I'm pretty sure he even e-mailed them a link from his phone before they let on that they were just jerking him around, so it wasn't even stored on Hooli hardware.
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Not to mention that Erlich claimed 10% of the value through Richard's involvement with his incubator house. If anything, the only real connection could be poaching Donald Dunn.
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adrenaline_junket posted:Donald Dunn. I had to Google who that was. His name really is forgettable.
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nooneofconsequence posted:I didn't notice the first time but Gavin brought his own fruit plate to the Mexican restaurant. And presumably his own metal fork.
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Grump posted:I had to Google who that was. His name really is forgettable. Every time I hear his full name I think of Donald "Duck" Dunn, the great bassist who played himself in The Blues Brothers.
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Ehrlich is one meta dude. He actually was brain raped by himself. He has a funny story about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf9N5AWprG8
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Pope Guilty posted:Every time I hear his full name I think of Donald "Duck" Dunn, the great bassist who played himself in The Blues Brothers. I very nearly posted this myself
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Just came across this random startup generator on Slashdot: http://tiffzhang.com/startup/ you can tell the pages are fake because of all the women in C-level positions
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xcore posted:the setting is fantastical what. I mean maybe I'm "that guy", but a general complaint I hear is that the show is "toned down for mass-consumption". Maybe SV is just a broken place 
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etalian posted:A lot of the season 1 reviewer whining was on the lack of central female characters.
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etalian posted:A lot of the season 1 reviewer whining was on the lack of central female characters.
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Y-Hat posted:Everything is political in entertainment. Karl Rove would be proud. I've got news for you: Everything was political in entertainment long before Karl Rove was involved.
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AirCav58 posted:Ehrlich is one meta dude. He actually was brain raped by himself. This was really funny. That guy is awesome.
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Apr 27, 2015 00:39
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Richard, is your angel investor in that horse?
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Did anyone catch what the ending song was for the third episode?
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I kind of understood where Hanneman was coming from with his advice on how to get the most out of Pied Piper. This scares the poo poo out of me.
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Pope Guilty posted:Erlich constantly getting shut down by Hanneman was pretty great. For real. This show hasn't missed a beat.
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oh jay posted:I was cracking up for the entirety of Big Head's triumphant return. "Vice President in Charge of Nucleic Symmetry" "You see, your Honor...it even has most of the letters that are in Nucleus *in* the job title!" They're really underestimating Big Head's ability to lie, though...even when given heaps of money.
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withak posted:My favorite part was when the McLaren douchbag guy said "do the math" so Richard did the math and determined that the guy's investments hadn't even kept up with inflation over the last 20 years. That was the best thing.
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